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Manchester’s Andy Votel presents some of the most impudent, irresponsible, irreverent, overambitious, obsolete, indelible, incredible and irresistible vinyl records from around the world.

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    • Jul 18, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 59m AVG DURATION
    • 42 EPISODES


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    A July goodbye

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 61:50


    This month's show from Finders Keepers' Andy Votel includes exclusive new releases on Finders Keepers, a new track from Figure of Speech, an Andy Votel remix for The Lovely Eggs and a couple of tracks produced by Dan Dwayre, aka Black Lodge, who sadly passed away this week.

    Detention is Coming Soon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 59:55


    June, June is back in the room but detention is coming soon. There's no fun in the sun for the badly-behaved ones. For one hour, you can enjoy or endure music you've never heard before, with Andy Votel from Finders Keepers, on Songs of Insolence. Includes music from Miriam Bordoni, Ennio Morricone, Black Lodge and Fatima Eid.

    Misbehaviour is your saviour

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 60:11


    Gather one, gather all: man, woman, child, reptile, beast or spiritual entity. Misbehaviour is your saviour on Songs of Insolence, with Andy Votel from Finders Keepers. The May Day celebrations have commenced, for all you post-pagan shamens and prefer-not-to-say mens. The season of rejuvenation, reincarnation, births, deaths and procreation is upon us. And we say goodbye to a legend: Vangelis.

    Impart the Impertinent

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 60:11


    April showers can't take his powers. It's the return of Finders Keepers' Andy Votel and his Songs of Insolence. On episode 39 (!) of Songs of Insolence, Votel will tempt you with the contemptuous and impart the impertinent. Starting with overambitious motivational music. Why not?

    Muchos Melodies of Malediction and Mischief

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 62:01


    March hares and parched bears, come and quench your thirst at the cup of mischief, it's Songs of Insolence with Andy Votel, from Finders Keepers. For the next hour you can enjoy troublesome tones, impudent interludes and muchos melodies of malediction and mischief.

    A Smorgasbord of Sass

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 60:00


    Back from the mountains and the forbidden fountains, it's the return of Andy Votel's Songs Of Insolence, so you've got to keep shouting. For the next hour, you will witness another badly-behaved banquet, a smorgasbord of sass and second-class sounds; never to confuse "insolence" with "in silence". It all kicks off with possibly the best piece of library music ever made...

    Interludes of the Deluded

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 60:00


    They say cleanliness is next to Godliness. Well prepare to be brainwashed on Songs Of Insolence with Andy Votel from Finders Keepers. For the next next golden hour, there are no refunds, recompenses, rules or regulations or rights to reply; subtitles not included, the interludes of the deluded.

    2022 and the year is new

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 59:59


    2022 and the year is new. Teaching new dogs old tricks, this is Andy Votel's Songs of Insolence, from out in the sticks on Radio Primavera Sound: putting the end in the calendar and the dire in your diary. Be warned: includes extreme phonographic tantrum.

    Christmas krautrock, anyone?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 59:59


    Ho ho ho! Welcome to the home of Santa's naughty list, with Andy Votel, from Finders Keepers, bringing musical lumps of coal to every one of you, on Songs of Insolence. Rocking the bells, dropping the bombs and putting the "mistle" in "mistletoe". Christmas krautrock, anyone?

    Welcome to the paranoia party

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 59:07


    Scorpio season is well upon us and this is the November edition of Songs of Insolence, promising disobedient discs and impudent insights, not to mention the best mis-pressed French electronic seven inch you will hear this week or next.

    Petulance par Excellence

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 59:59


    The Halloween season is upon us and we bring you switchfinder general, Andy Votel from Finders Keepers records, with another episode of Songs of Insolence. For the next hour you can devour petulance par excellence, the most badly behaved music in the most mischievous month of the year, this is the show solely dedicated to music with serious disciplinary issues.

    Pay good attention; you're all in detention

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 59:58


    Pay good attention; you're all in detention: this is the back to school episode of Songs of Insolence with Andy Votel, Go and have a good hard think, alongside the other musical truants and sonic troublemakers, as you listen to another hour of music that simply won't behave itself.

    The people's saviour of bad behaviour

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 60:00


    The people's saviour of bad behaviour, putting good reason in bad treason, this is Andy Votel in the summer season with Songs of Insolence. The Finders Keepers boss brings you more music that simply won't behave itself, with unreleased cuts, including Andy's own remix of Tim Burgess.

    Obnoxious overtures and mischievous melodies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 59:50


    Obnoxious overtures, mischievous melodies, impudent interludes and behaved balladry: Andy Votel brings Songs of Insolence back for June 2021.

    Taking the demics out of pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 59:57


    Andy Votel's Songs of Insolence is back for May, taking the demics out of pandemic; and replacing it with medics. Your monthly collection of music that just won't behave itself starts with Yugoslavian hard rock; unpronounceables included; no translation allowed.

    Silver Liquid Drops (April 2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 60:00


    As April brings orchestral manoeuvres of new liberation to one and all and Langston Hughes talks of silver liquid drops, Andy Votel re-emerges for Songs of Insolence on Radio Primavera Sound, bringing music of malediction, mischief and misbehaviour.

    The discarded disk defender

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 59:53


    It's the repeat offender - and discarded disk defender - Andy Votel back for his second show of March. More exclusives than a closing-down flash sale at a firework concession in a petrol station

    March, like the soldiers that you are!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 59:56


    March, like the soldiers like you are! It's Songs of Insolence, with Andy Votel, celebrating the music of mischief and malediction. In the spirit of truancy and diminished discipline, you can expect to hear exclusive new music by Jane Weaver and taken from the compilation based on the Nurse with Wound List.

    The shortest but sweetest month

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 59:57


    February is finally upon us, the shortest but sweetest month of the year. The indomitable Andy Votel returns to Radio Primavera Sound for a dose of music that simply won't behave itself. Just like a bloodhound, he is digging up good sounds.

    Putting the static in the democratic (January 2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 60:09


    2020 has left the building. With more blind spots than a cyclops, this is Andy Votel with Songs of Insolence on Radio Primavera Sound. An hour of petulant but very much positive energy that puts the static in the democratic. 2020 can't hurt us any more. Rest in Peace Doom.

    Putting the "grot" in Santa's grotto (December 2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 60:47


    He'd better not swear, he'd better think twice; Banterclaus is coming to town on Songs of Insolence. It's Andy Votel, putting the "grot" in Santa's grotto, as he brings us December's dose of music that just won't behave itself.

    Scorpios in stereo - November mix

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020


    Treason's greetings, scorpios in stereo! All hail the sting in the tail! Songs of Insolence returns with November music that just won't behave on Radio Primavera Sound.

    Like-minded lycanthropes and disobedient Draculas (October 2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020


    Sinister salutations one and all! Like-minded lycanthropes and disobedient Draculas, Andy Votel is back on Songs of Insolence. He brings mystifying murmurs of music of malediction, on this not-Halloween episode of Songs of Insolence.

    Don't Call It a Comeback (September 2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 59:56


    Don’t call it a comeback! Season three and you can’t kill me. It’s September, back to school, for those combining fluency with truancy. It’s Songs of Insolence, from Andy Votel.

    Brass-necked musical chutzpah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020


    It's the insubordination station, putting the audio in audacity and the diss in in discourtesy. This is Songs of Insolence with another hour of brass-necked musical chutzpah. The king, Morricone, has left the room: let the impudence commence.

    Mid-summer misbehaviour

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 59:06


    Summer is a-coming in and this is Songs of Insolence. Mid-summer misbehaviour is the order of the day. Andy Votel from Finders Keepers presents music that just can't behave itself on Radio Primavera Sound.

    Randomonium

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 54:38


    This is Songs of Insolence. For 55 minutes you will be trapped within the four corners of Andy Votel's record shelves. This is music that reminds you that there is a planet out there, another green world with sound, visions, emotions and other notions.

    Episode 15 - Let the mice out of the dice!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 59:11


    Let the mice out of the dice! We need lube in the cube! These four walls can't contain us, it is Songs of Insolence, thinking outside the box. If your feet can't travel, you ears can.

    Episode 14 - Rock down on the Lockdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 59:31


    Andy Votel is back to turn that frown the other way around, to rock down on the lockdown, with an isolated episode of Songs of Insolence.

    March 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 57:58


    Andy Votel is back once again with the ill behaviour, making things spacious for the audacious. This is Songs of Insolence on Radio Primavera Sound.

    The Truant Returns!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 60:51


    This month's episode of Songs of Insolence features more mischievous music from the hands of Andy Votel.

    December: Santa's Songs of Insolence

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 55:03


    Andy Votel presents a seasonal episode with music from Santa's naughty list.

    November. The Season for Burning Embers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 59:56


    It's November, the season for burning embers and severed members, on Songs of Insolence. We are promised gunpowder, treason and Scorpio season, as well as raucous and ridiculous records with no rhyme or reason.

    Halloween Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 59:33


    Andy Votel presents a chilling Halloween Special on Songs of Insolence, ahead of his Barcelona Halloween date.

    Unsuspended and back at school

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 58:02


    Andy Votel's Songs of Insolence returns for Season 2 on Radio Primavera Sound, full to the brim with songs that simply refuse to behave. Music includes Jose Manuel Pagán's soundtrack to Kiu i els Seus Amics, which is set for release on Finder's Keepers.

    1x03

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 57:07


    Episode 3 features special guest John McCready

    1x02

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2019 54:50


    Andy Votel presents the salubrious, victorious and slightly tedious return of Songs of Insolence.

    1x01

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2019 52:33


    In episode 1 of Songs of Insolence Andy Votel, from Finders Keepers records, gives us an access all areas trip around the darker corners of his record collection. Be prepared for Occitan punk funk, rural disco and Turkish cover versions. This is music that doesn’t know how to behave itself.

    1x07

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 59:59


    It's the season finale of Andy Votel's Songs of Insolence. "Music that won't behave itself."

    1x06: with Jimi Goodwin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2019 58:28


    On episode 6 of Songs of Insolence, Andy Votel welcomes Mancunian special guest Jimi Goodwin of Doves.

    1x05

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 59:26


    Coming to you from Manchester Andy Votel presents more records that won't behave themselves. Putting the gristle in your day.

    1x04

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 1969 54:59


    Andy Votel from Finders Keepers returns to present mounds of mischievous music via vintage vinyl vessels.

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